Emmett Till Memorial Commission
At 10 a.m. on October 2, 2007, the ETMC gathered at the Sumner Courthouse for a memorial ceremony, as well as the unveiling of the first in a series of historical markers about the murder of Emmett Till and the trial of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. More than 400 people attended, and the event was covered widely by the press. Following the ceremony was a bus tour of the sites significant to the Emmett Till story. Click on a link below to see a photo.
+ Photo of Master of Ceremonies State Senator David Jordan
+ Photo of members of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission
+ Photo of vocal soloist Lee Birth Hill
+ Photo of Occasion Given by Jerome Little and Bobby Banks
+ Photo of Occasion Given by Bobby Banks
+ Photo of ETMC co-chairs Betty Pearson and Robert Grayson, mayor of Tutwiler. Mayor Grayson reads the ETMC resolution
+ Photo of ETMC co-chairs Betty Pearson and Robert Grayson, mayor of Tutwiler. Mrs. Pearson reads the ETMC resolution
+ Photo of Sheriff William Brewer
+ Photo of Supervisor Fontaine of the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, reading the board’s resolution
+ Photo of State Representative Robert Huddleston
+ Photo of Simeon Wright of the Emmett Till Foundation, son of Emmett Till’s uncle Moses Wright, who testified at the 1955 trial
+ Photo of Deborah Watts of the Emmett Till Memorial Foundation, relative of Emmett Till
+ Photo of Rev. Wheeler Parker, relative of Emmett Till who was in the room when Emmett Till was kidnapped
+ Photo of former Mississippi Governor William Winter
+ Photo of Betty Pearson, ETMC co–chair, presenting the signed resolution to Simeon Wright
+ Photo of the Sumner Courthouse historical marker before its unveiling
+ Photo of the Summer Courthouse historical marker before its unveiling, close-up
+ Photo of the Summer Courthouse historical marker after its unveiling
+ Photo of the Summer Courthouse historical marker after its unveiling, close-up
+ Photo of crowd gathered for the Emmett Till memorial
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